Summary
Erin Glass is a Staff Product Manager specializing in developer productivity, AI enablement, and software supply chain security, currently leading Acceleration efforts at Chainguard. She drives initiatives that keep 1,500+ container images and thousands of packages up-to-date and vulnerability-free, and pilots AI experiments that speed package fixes and CVE remediation across engineering orgs. Previously she shaped product and content strategy for millions of monthly users as Senior Manager of Developer Education at DigitalOcean, and spent a decade building digital scholarship and educational technology in higher education. Holding a Ph.D. in Digital Humanities, Erin uniquely bridges research-driven thinking with product execution, translating complex academic workflows into scalable engineering tools. Based in San Diego and often accompanied by a Great Pyrenees, she blends a passion for AI and security with a pragmatic focus on shipping tools that help teams move faster, safer, and smarter.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. English Language and Literature/Letters, Ph.D. English Language and Literature/Letters at The Graduate Center, City University of New York
University of California, Los Angeles